Atom
A guide to uninstall Atom from your PC
Atom is a computer program. This page contains details on how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows version was created by GitHub Inc.. More data about GitHub Inc. can be found here. Usually the Atom program is placed in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\atom folder, depending on the user's option during install. Atom's entire uninstall command line is C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\atom\Update.exe. The program's main executable file is called atom.exe and it has a size of 421.50 KB (431616 bytes).The following executables are contained in Atom. They take 149.42 MB (156682489 bytes) on disk.
- atom.exe (421.50 KB)
- squirrel.exe (1.92 MB)
- atom.exe (87.90 MB)
- node.exe (22.72 MB)
- term-size.exe (17.00 KB)
- git.exe (41.59 KB)
- blocked-file-util.exe (22.59 KB)
- git-fast-import.exe (1.46 MB)
- git-http-fetch.exe (1.47 MB)
- git-http-push.exe (1.48 MB)
- git-wrapper.exe (41.59 KB)
- git-remote-https.exe (1.48 MB)
- git-sh-i18n--envsubst.exe (1.42 MB)
- git.exe (2.52 MB)
- proxy-lookup.exe (22.01 KB)
- x86_64-w64-mingw32-deflatehd.exe (63.56 KB)
- x86_64-w64-mingw32-inflatehd.exe (60.51 KB)
- git-askpass.exe (232.32 KB)
- git-credential-manager.exe (182.35 KB)
- git-lfs.exe (8.78 MB)
- GitHub.Authentication.exe (293.50 KB)
- awk.exe (593.32 KB)
- b2sum.exe (53.00 KB)
- basename.exe (31.41 KB)
- cat.exe (34.65 KB)
- cmp.exe (43.64 KB)
- comm.exe (36.67 KB)
- cp.exe (107.37 KB)
- cut.exe (41.38 KB)
- dash.exe (102.10 KB)
- date.exe (108.27 KB)
- diff.exe (200.03 KB)
- diff3.exe (58.41 KB)
- dirname.exe (30.85 KB)
- echo.exe (31.22 KB)
- env.exe (35.62 KB)
- expr.exe (104.39 KB)
- false.exe (28.69 KB)
- find.exe (249.59 KB)
- gencat.exe (174.37 KB)
- getfacl.exe (163.23 KB)
- getopt.exe (16.59 KB)
- grep.exe (204.27 KB)
- head.exe (40.19 KB)
- ls.exe (133.30 KB)
- mkdir.exe (65.64 KB)
- mktemp.exe (40.10 KB)
- mv.exe (114.46 KB)
- pathchk.exe (31.37 KB)
- printf.exe (65.16 KB)
- pwd.exe (32.64 KB)
- readlink.exe (43.69 KB)
- rebase.exe (810.32 KB)
- rm.exe (58.22 KB)
- rmdir.exe (57.17 KB)
- sdiff.exe (49.18 KB)
- sed.exe (158.11 KB)
- sh.exe (2.00 MB)
- sort.exe (103.32 KB)
- ssh-add.exe (307.08 KB)
- ssh-agent.exe (287.02 KB)
- ssh.exe (641.49 KB)
- tail.exe (51.60 KB)
- test.exe (63.06 KB)
- touch.exe (97.32 KB)
- tr.exe (44.64 KB)
- true.exe (28.69 KB)
- uname.exe (31.84 KB)
- uniq.exe (41.33 KB)
- wc.exe (41.57 KB)
- xargs.exe (62.56 KB)
- getprocaddr32.exe (330.53 KB)
- getprocaddr64.exe (358.42 KB)
- ctags-win32.exe (308.00 KB)
- rg.exe (4.64 MB)
The information on this page is only about version 1.41.0 of Atom. You can find below info on other application versions of Atom:
- 1.34.0
- 1.0.4
- 1.13.1
- 1.24.0
- 0.189.0
- 1.22.00
- 1.24.01
- 1.13.02
- 1.9.2
- 1.19.6
- 0.181.0
- 0.172.0
- 1.39.1
- 1.52.0
- 1.19.7
- 1.15.03
- 1.36.01
- 0.191.0
- 1.0.15
- 1.11.05
- 1.39.0
- 1.0.0
- 1.38.2
- 0.176.0
- 1.63.0
- 1.0.7
- 1.63.1
- 0.184.0
- 1.10.1
- 1.12.8
- 1.25.0
- 1.5.01
- 1.14.3
- 1.29.0
- 1.2.4
- 0.205.0
- 1.25.02
- 1.47.0
- 1.6.07
- 1.40.0
- 1.9.6
- 1.28.1
- 1.12.7
- 0.174.0
- 1.40.023
- 0.187.0
- 1.0.18
- 1.13.06
- 1.21.0
- 1.3.3
- 1.32.1
- 0.200.0
- 1.36.02
- 1.9.9
- 1.36.1
- 1.0.9
- 1.17.1
- 1.3.06
- 1.28.2
- 1.44.0
- 1.14.2
- 1.38.1
- 1.57.0
- 1.49.0
- 1.4.3
- 1.9.4
- 1.20.0
- 1.5.00
- 0.211.0
- 1.12.2
- 1.23.01
- 1.12.6
- 1.7.2
- 1.0.11
- 1.11.0
- 1.21.00
- 0.166.0
- 1.22.02
- 1.4.2
- 0.196.0
- 1.27.2
- 1.9.5
- 1.0.10
- 1.46.0
- 1.29.01
- 1.23.2
- 1.35.0
- 1.17.0
- 1.27.01
- 1.40.1
- 1.21.01
- 1.12.1
- 1.1.0
- 1.33.1
- 1.14.4
- 1.0.14
- 1.26.1
- 0.201.0
- 0.188.0
- 0.190.0
Some files and registry entries are usually left behind when you uninstall Atom.
Folders remaining:
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\atom_rpg
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Atom
Generally, the following files are left on disk:
- C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 2.82\2.82\scripts\addons\io_mesh_atomic\atom_info.dat
- C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.80\scripts\addons\io_mesh_atomic\atom_info.dat
- C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_4.24\Engine\Source\ThirdParty\WebRTC\rev.23789\include\Win64\VS2017\modules\desktop_capture\x11\x_atom_cache.h
- C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_4.24\Engine\Source\ThirdParty\WebRTC\rev.24472\Include\iOS\modules\desktop_capture\x11\x_atom_cache.h
- C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_4.24\Engine\Source\ThirdParty\WebRTC\rev.24472\Include\Linux\modules\desktop_capture\x11\x_atom_cache.h
- C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_4.24\Engine\Source\ThirdParty\WebRTC\rev.24472\Include\Mac\modules\desktop_capture\x11\x_atom_cache.h
- C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_4.24\Engine\Source\ThirdParty\WebRTC\rev.24472\Include\Win32\VS2015\modules\desktop_capture\x11\x_atom_cache.h
- C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_4.24\Engine\Source\ThirdParty\WebRTC\rev.24472\Include\Win64\VS2015\modules\desktop_capture\x11\x_atom_cache.h
- C:\Program Files\Krita (x64)\share\krita\preset_icons\tool_icons\ink-pen-atom.png
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\blender-benchmark-launcher\blender-versions\cff722fc\blender-2.82-windows64\2.82\scripts\addons\io_mesh_atomic\atom_info.dat
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\translations\atom_rpg.translation
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\atom_rpg\common.lua
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\atom_rpg\current_game.lua
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Atom\Cache\data_0
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Atom\Cache\data_1
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Atom\Cache\data_2
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Atom\Cache\data_3
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Atom\Cache\index
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Atom\databases\Databases.db
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Atom\GPUCache\data_0
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Atom\GPUCache\data_1
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Atom\GPUCache\data_2
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Atom\GPUCache\data_3
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Atom\GPUCache\index
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Atom\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\000003.log
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Atom\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\CURRENT
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Atom\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOCK
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Atom\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOG
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Atom\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\MANIFEST-000001
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Atom\Local Storage\leveldb\000003.log
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Atom\Local Storage\leveldb\CURRENT
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Atom\Local Storage\leveldb\LOCK
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Atom\Local Storage\leveldb\LOG
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Atom\Local Storage\leveldb\MANIFEST-000001
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Atom\Preferences
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Atom\QuotaManager
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\GitHub, Inc\Atom.lnk
You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be removed; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIME\Database\Content Type\application/atom+xml
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\atom
Supplementary registry values that are not removed:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2236232042-3016432153-2772848154-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.34.0\atom.exe
A way to remove Atom with Advanced Uninstaller PRO
Atom is a program marketed by the software company GitHub Inc.. Sometimes, computer users try to erase this program. Sometimes this is easier said than done because deleting this by hand requires some knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best QUICK way to erase Atom is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your PC.
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- go to Download Link
- download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
- install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
3. Press the General Tools category
4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool
5. A list of the applications existing on your PC will appear
6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Atom or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Atom". If it exists on your system the Atom program will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select Atom in the list of programs, the following information regarding the program is shown to you:
- Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding Atom, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
- Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
- Technical information regarding the program you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
8. After removing Atom, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Atom which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Atom with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.
Your computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.
Disclaimer
This page is not a recommendation to remove Atom by GitHub Inc. from your PC, nor are we saying that Atom by GitHub Inc. is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove Atom supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.
2019-10-24 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO
follow @danarmLast update on: 2019-10-24 15:14:48.303